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Tanning Salon Clients Show Addictive Behavior, Study Finds

(April 19) -- Indoor tanning aficionados might be hitting the beds for more than just a bronzed look, according to new research that suggests customers of tanning salons exhibit addictive behavior and are prone to anxiety and substance abuse. The study, published in this week's Archives of Dermatology, comes as the $3...

NASCAR Suspends NCTS Driver Indefinitely

If I thought it would mean anything to anyone, I might have written the headline as "NASCAR Suspends Walker Indefinitely." But Tyler Walker is hardly a respected household name--even among NASCAR fans.And now it's likely he never will be. Memorable maybe ... kind of like we all remember Shane Hmiel, but respected? Er ......

NASCAR Won't Name Substance in "Intake Gate"

NASCAR has changed its mind (!) about revealing the "suspicious substance" in Michael Waltrip's intake manifold that handed NASCAR its first controversy of the season and Michael Waltrip Racing its biggest embarrassment.NASCAR said last week that the additive was related to jet fuel and promised to be more specific at a...

Common Sense 101-- Welbourn? Welbourn? Bueller?

In the interest of full disclosure, I am an attorney. I graduated law school in 2004, so I still remember my law school experience fairly vividly.Thus, I believe I am in a position to offer John Welbourn some advice-- Crim Law won't teach you how to avoid NFL suspensions. Common Sense 101 will, though.There was always some...

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06/01/12 [China] Shanghai residents want smoking banned... Source: Tobacco.org More than 80 percent of Shanghai residents want smoking banned in restaurants and entertainment areas, a survey showed, reflecting a growing awareness of health issues in China, the world's top consumer of tobacco.
06/01/12 [Indiana] 6 cigar, hookah bars apply for license Source: Tobacco.org A half-dozen cigar and hookah bars have applied for a new license they will need to qualify for an exemption from the city's expanded smoking ban, the Indianapolis Department of Code Enforcement said Wednesday.
06/01/12 Bills to Protect Premium Cigars Continue to Gain... Source: Tobacco.org The bills seek to restrict the FDA from regulating the premium cigar industry as it wishes to do to other tobacco products.
06/01/12 [New York] GARDNER: Puffing Freely, Courtesy of Paley Source: Tobacco.org I'm not encouraging people to smoke, except cigars, but if you must and would like to do so legally in a lovely setting beyond the reach of Mayor Bloomberg, with a waterfall no less, and shade trees, I have just the place.
06/01/12 Drug war not working Source: Leader-Telegram - Eau Claire WI Heroin use has developed into a "significant problem" in Eau Claire, an investigator with the West Central Drug Task Force recently told the Leader-Telegram.